https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy Cuba's Original Surrealist en-us 2018-05-14 20:31:09 UTC 2025-08-29 14:21:45 UTC hello@padlet.com shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260639800 Wifredo Lam’s most famous piece, “The Jungle”. On display now at the MoMA , made on gouache parchment, laid over on canvas, it displays Lam’s techniques as well as ancestry. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260639800 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640335 Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon”. The painting which Wifredo gained inspiration for his own “The Jungle”. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640335 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640634 A self portrait made in 1926, with simple pencil sketches. One of his firsts, it is now on display at the MoMA. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640634 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640928 “The Archer”, an early painting by Wifredo Lam. Painted in 1926, this oil painting portrays Lam’s fundamental art background which he learned at school in Madrid. This painting is one of its kind in the sense that Lam never painted with this style again, rather leaning towards cubism and semi-abstract art.]]> 2018-05-14 20:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260640928 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641326 Wifredo Lam and his mentor Pablo Picasso. They are in Vallauris, France, 1954. This was after Wifredo had truly found his style, and won the Guggenheim award. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641326 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641458 Wifredo Lam and his wife Lou Laurin from Sweden. Lou was also a fellow artist, and here they are at one of Lam’s exhibits. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641458 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641607 Wifredo Lam in his workshop, circa 1969. On the far right, one can see his print “Second Adventivity”. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641607 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641830 Wifredo Lam’s “Composition”, painted 1940. It utilized Cubism techniques which Wifredo picked up from artists such as Matisse and Andre Breton. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260641830 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260642104 Wifredo Lam’s “Mother and Child”. One of his earlier works, a simple painting mirrored after his own wife and son who passed from Tuberculosis. His pain is clear through his use blues and browns, the paintings no movement. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260642104 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260642381 Eskil (Left) and Stephan (Right) Lam. Two of Lam’s three sons whom he had with Lou. Here they are at a dinner honoring their father and hi greatest works. ]]> 2018-05-14 20:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/260642381 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263175568 2018-05-23 21:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263175568 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263176040 This documentary, found on youtube, tells Wilfredo Lam's story through his sons eyes. ]]> 2018-05-23 21:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263176040 shifra_dimbert https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263940184 2018-05-28 04:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shifra_dimbert/hplvmo062qvy/wish/263940184